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The Columbia University Orchestra
Columbia University Music Performance Program
Jeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Senior Lecturer
Anthony Lee, Solo Flutist

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA PLAYS ADAMS, DUTILLEUX AND BARTÓK

Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7:30pm
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

The Columbia University Orchestra (CUO) is thrilled to welcome audiences back to Alice Tully Hall for their upcoming public performance. This performance marks the Orchestra’s sixth concert at Alice Tully Hall.

Maestro Jeffrey Milarsky says: “Our return to Lincoln Center this spring is made possible by a miraculous gift from a friend of the Columbia University Orchestra. With their generous support, the Columbia University Orchestra will continue to perform at Alice Tully Hall once a year for the foreseeable future. The experience of performing in a hall with such rich and sumptuous acoustics is something that cannot be described in words. This year, we look forward to highlighting our concerto competition winner, flutist Anthony Lee. Our Lincoln Center performance is a momentous opportunity for Columbia University's most talented musicians and will be a clear demonstration of the highest levels of artistic excellence found within the halls of Columbia University.”

The program will begin with John Adams' Doctor Atomic Symphony. The program continues with Henri Dutilleux's Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra, arranged by Kenneth Hesketh and featuring solo flutist Anthony Lee. After a brief intermission, the orchestra will conclude the program with Béla Bartók's Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin.

The concert will be free of charge for those with a Columbia University ID card and $5 for the general public at the Alice Tully Hall box office. Tickets will be sold the day of the performance at the box office and one hundred free tickets will be left at will-call for Columbia University affiliates. Columbia affiliates must show a Columbia University ID and alumni with questions should contact the CUO Press Contact to reserve tickets. Tickets can also be purchased in advance on the Lincoln Center website with an additional service fee included.

The orchestra will give a performance of the same program at Symphony Space on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 7:30pm. This concert, the first in our set of two performances, is open to the public and free of charge. The performances adhere to safety protocols in partnership with both venues.

Our performance at Alice Tully Hall is generously sponsored by a friend of the Columbia University Orchestra.

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA
The Columbia University Orchestra (CUO) was founded by composer Edward MacDowell in 1896 and is the oldest continually operating university orchestra in the United States. The principal mission of the Orchestra is to expose talented student musicians to the highest level of orchestral repertoire. The orchestra is open to musicians from all undergraduate and graduate schools and affiliates of Columbia University in the City of New York and includes students from Barnard College, Columbia College, School of General Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of International and Public Affairs, and Columbia Engineering. CUO operates under the Music Performance Program at Columbia University.

JEFFREY MILARSKY
Jeffrey Milarsky is a highly sought-after podium figure in the world of opera as well as orchestral and chamber music. He has been hailed as a pre-eminent interpreter of contemporary music. A creative and adventurous programmer, his passionate advocacy for living composers has made him a frequent musical collaborator with orchestras in America and abroad. A recipient of the Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award at Columbia University in 2022-2023, he has been recognized for excellence as an educator, scholar, and mentor in and outside of the classroom.

In recent seasons, he works regularly with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, MET Chamber Ensemble, Bergen Philharmonic in Norway, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, New World Symphony, and Tanglewood Festival Orchestra. In the U.S. and abroad, he has premiered and recorded works by many groundbreaking contemporary composers in Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall, Davies Symphony Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, and at IRCAM in Paris. Milarsky has a long history of premiering, recording, and performing American composers and throughout his career has collaborated with John Adams, Milton Babbitt, John Cage, Elliott Carter, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Mario Davidovsky, Jacob Druckman, Michael Gordon, David Lang, George Lewis, Steven Mackey, Steve Reich, Christopher Rouse, Ralph Shapey, Morton Subotnick, Charles Wuorinen, and an entire generation of young and developing composers. In 2013, he was awarded the Ditson Conductor’s Award for his commitment to the performance of American Music. In his role as an educator at Columbia University and at The Juilliard School, he has spent over twenty-five years supporting and cultivating young musicians and composers around the globe. He serves as the Music Director of AXIOM and is on the conducting faculty at The Juilliard School. Additionally, he is a Senior Lecturer in Music at Columbia University where he is the Music Director and conductor of the Columbia University Orchestra. A much-in-demand timpanist and percussionist, Milarsky has been the principal timpanist for the Santa Fe Opera since 2005. He has also performed and recorded with the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Pittsburgh Symphony. He has recorded extensively for Angel, Bridge, Teldec, Telarc, New World, CRI, MusicMasters, EMI, Koch, and London records.

ANTHONY LEE
Anthony Lee, a fourth-year student at Columbia University, is pursuing a biology degree on the premedical track. He began his flute studies at the age of eleven under the tutelage of Sookhyun Shim and has continued his musical endeavors as a member of Columbia’s Music Performance Program, the Columbia University Orchestra, and the Columbia Pops Orchestra. Lee achieved top prizes in prestigious competitions such as the United States Open Music Competition
(USOMC), Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California/United States International Music Competition, Classics Alive Young Artists Competition, and the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition. He also showcased his talents as a recitalist with the Fremont Symphony Orchestra. He made his Carnegie Hall debut at the age of thirteen as a winner of the American Fine Arts Festival Golden Era of Romantic Music International Competition. In addition to his solo achievements, Lee served as principal flutist in the Peninsula Young Artists Orchestra, Peninsula Youth Orchestra, and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, touring internationally and making appearances at renowned venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie, Musikverein, and MuTH Hall. He participated in orchestra festivals at Dvořák Hall in Prague, Davies Symphony Hall, and Carnegie Hall. Lee also attended masterclasses and summer programs, working with artists including Alexa Still, Donna Shin, Molly Barth, Judith Mendenhall, and Catherine Payne.

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CONCERT PROGRAM
Sunday, April 14, at 7:30pm | Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space
Friday, April 19, at 7:30pm | Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Columbia University Orchestra
Jeffrey Milarsky, Music Director and Senior Lecturer
Anthony Lee, Solo Flute

JOHN ADAMS Doctor Atomic Symphony
HENRI DUTILLEUX Sonatine for Flute and Orchestra (arr. Kenneth Hesketh)
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BÉLA BARTÓK Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19
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